Reading Comprehension Worksheets for K-12

Reading Comprehension Worksheets

• Designed for students in grade levels K-12
• Created to elicit critical thinking skills at every level

Worksheet Features

• Questions that require deductive reasoning, conclusion making, and logical inference
• Questions that test sequential analysis, tonal awareness, and scope understanding

Effectiveness

• Highly effective in supplementing education of verbal reasoning and critical thinking skills
• Applicable for students of all ages and ability levels

Availability

• Many resources available in online quiz form at Read Theory, a sister site

Factoring

• Factoring is expressing a polynomial as a product of simpler polynomials.
• There are three types of factoring: factoring out the greatest common factor (GCF), factoring quadratic expressions, and factoring by grouping.
• To factor, look for common factors among terms, identify patterns, and use factoring formulae.

Quadratic Expressions

• A quadratic expression can be expressed as a product of two binomials.
• Examples of factoring formulae include a^2 - b^2 = (a - b)(a + b).

Polynomial Operations

Addition and Subtraction

• To add or subtract polynomials, combine like terms by adding or subtracting their coefficients.
• Combine like terms only and add or subtract coefficients, not variables.
• Simplify the resulting polynomial by combining like terms.
• Example: (2x^2 + 3x - 1) + (x^2 - 2x - 3) = 3x^2 + x - 4

Multiplication

• To multiply polynomials, multiply each term of one polynomial by each term of the other.
• Combine like terms and simplify the resulting polynomial.
• The FOIL method can be used to multiply two binomials:
  • Multiply the First terms.
  • Multiply the Outer terms.
  • Multiply the Inner terms.
  • Multiply the Last terms.
  • Combine like terms.
• Example: (2x + 3)(x + 2) = 2x^2 + 7x + 6